Month 2

by Amy ~ April 30, 2010

Time seems to fly by… Gabriel and Zara are 8 weeks old tomorrow! They are both doing very well. Gabriel is now 9 ½ pounds and Zara is 8 ½ pounds! They’re keeping us very busy. Rita and I usually take the midnight and 3am feeding shifts and Zvonimir wakes up early to feed them before work. This allows Rita and I to sleep for a few hours. I’m so thankful to have Rita’s help and will miss her greatly when she leaves next week!

Zara is a super easy baby. She rarely cries loudly… I’ve started calling her “Gee” because she kind of wimpers and it sounds like she’s saying Gee instead of really crying. Gabriel, on the other hand, is like a fire alarm… He’s got some lungs on him and there’s no mistaking that he’s hungry!!! Unfortunately, Gabriel is a night owl and often has a tough time falling asleep on his own… He’s usually fine when you first put him down in the crib but by the time your head hits the pillow, the fire alarm has started! Thank goodness they aren’t waking each other up because he can be a foot away from Zara, screaming at the top of his lungs and she’s sleeping ever so peacefully! Hopefully Gabe will grow out of this soon!! Fortunately Zara is sleeping around 4-5 hours because Gabe is up much more frequently and it’s tough when they’re both crying at once!

We’ve done pretty well at getting out of the house with the babies. We started our twins parenting support group which meets weekly. This has been a great way to meet other parents with twins. The meetings are usually pretty funny with 6 sets of twins it can be rather loud!

We took a trip to Bainbridge Island so we could take Rita on the ferry. We also drove north to the tulip festival. The tulips were beautiful but it was a bit windy so we didn’t get any good photos of the babies with the flowers. Luckily, Gabe and Zara love to be in the carseats and fall asleep after a few minutes in the car. The difficult part is getting out the door and preparing for the adventure… there’s so much “stuff” you need when you’re away from home and we’re still working on packing the perfect diaper bag. Lesson learned – pack more diapers than you think you need!! Thank goodness it’s easy to buy diapers and other necessities on the road!

Check out the new photos from Month 2.